Multi-faith effort in organ donation pleaThis Is WiltshireFigures from the NHS Blood and Transplant service have revealed that less than two per cent of South Asian and black communities are on the organ donor register. Despite these low figures, it is…
C-reactive protein in patients with advanced metastatic renal cell carcinoma …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 181 patients with AM-RCC, including 18 patients underwent potentially curative surgery, 111 underw…
Liver transplant surgery for Enfield teen stopped after more cancer found …Journal InquirerAnnKera could not be reached for comment early this morning. But by 10:30 a.m. she updated her blog on the Caring Bridge website to say that at 2 a.m. today th…
Deutsche WelleGerman organ donor scandal spreads to BavariaDeutsche WelleThe 23 suspected cases of manipulation took place in the Regensburg's university hospital between 2004 and 2006, according to chief prosecutor Wolfhard Meindl. "We have a…
'Forced' blood donation worries Chinese patientsChina DailyNANNING – It never occurred to Huang Haili that she would need to give blood before her aunt, who needs a blood transfusion for her surgery, can be rolled into an operating room. Huang,…
BACKGROUND: The percentage of Americans that develop liver cancer has been slowly rising for several decades. Liver cancer is more common in men than women, though it is rare in the US in both groups. More than 90% of people diagnosed with liver canc…
Pat's Place: What a Wonderful Word – Remission!The Myeloma BeaconAfter undergoing 36 consecutive weeks of Revlimid, Velcade, and dexamethasone therapy since my stem cell transplant, I was hoping that Monday would be the day I could officially beg…
New York TimesMockingbirds of the Concert HallNew York TimesIn “Oiseaux Exotiques” Messiaen evokes songs from 47 birds, including species from China, Malaysia, India and North and South America. The Baltimore oriole, for example, is portrayed by a …
Ruben Diaz Sr. On The Mend After Knee SurgeryNew York Daily News (blog)Ruben Diaz Sr. was undergoing knee transplant surgery (and really, how could you miss it with a headline like Casey Seiler's "Six Million Dollar Hombre"?) Now (in Span…
A one-day coordinated evaluation can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to be put on a kidney transplant waitlist, according to a new study from Yale School of Medicine. The study appears in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.